Domaine Grand Guilhem - Séverine et Gilles Contrepois
My goal is to produce wines that are totally representative of my terroir and the vintage and therefore only use grapes; since 2011, all my wines are born without any input. I want to propose wines that are alive, personal, authentic, non-reproducible, sometimes disturbing but always sincere.
In the vineyard, light plowing with the tractor or chaser with interceps, rotary grinder, brush cutter, exceptional contribution of organic fertilizers, dusting with sulfur against powdery mildew and no copper; it works in general without problems in my dry and windy soil (except this year!). In the cellar, manual harvesting in crates to respect the integrity of the grapes, de-stemming / manual crushing, bottling without yeasting or sulphiting. Accompaniment of the grapes by pigeage and / or reassembly and / or shedding according to grape variety, vintage and intuition. No sticking, no filtration or very light filtration at bottling. All interventions, in the vineyard as in the cellar (including racking and bottling), are carried out according to the lunar calendar, as far as possible.
I am a winemaker since 1997 and have committed myself from the start in a bio approach. I was certified by Ecocert in 2004 to participate in some fairs requiring an official certification. Since 2011, I work according to the charter of natural wines.
100% of my wines are made in a natural way